Microsoft 365 and Copilot Enterprise Update December 2025
MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams and Copilot news and announcements in less than 15 minutes for the last update of 2025.
Tom Arbuthnot's final update of 2025 covers Anthropic models being enabled by default in Microsoft 365 Copilot, with an opt-out deadline of 7 January, plus GPT-5.2 and the new lower-cost Copilot Business SKU. He also runs through Planner retirements in early 2026, express voice enrolment in Teams, GA recording and recap APIs, and Android 13 and MDEP device news.
MVP Tom Arbuthnot shares all the latest Microsoft Teams and Copilot news and announcements in less than 15 minutes for the last update of 2025.
Many thanks to AudioCodes for their continued support.
- Anthropic models on by default in Microsoft 365 Copilot
- GPT-5.2 in Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Microsoft Copilot Roadmap
- Agentic AI Foundation
- Microsoft Planner Major Update in 2026
- Express Voice Enrolment in Microsoft Teams
- Teams Meeting Recap and Recording APIs
- Teams Devices Update
- Teams Roadmap
- Events
Useful Links:
Briefings
- All the Microsoft Ignite 2025 announcements in 24 minutes - Microsoft MVP Rolf Tröndle gives a comprehensive walkthrough of the news from Microsoft Ignite 2025.
- AI Voice Agents with Azure Communication Services - Sean Keegan, Developer Evangelist for Azure Communication Services at Microsoft
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents, Features and Control - Deep Dive with Rolf Tröndle - Rolf Tröndle walks through what’s new with Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- Contact Center Options for Microsoft Teams - Native vs Connect vs Extend vs Unify - Alistair Pidd, Professional Services Director, at Pure-IP discusses contact center strategies for Microsoft Teams
Teams Insider Podcasts
- Copilot and Agent Adoption in the Big Four Professional Services Firms with Mo Khalifa, Workforce AI Specialist at Microsoft
- From PBX to Microsoft Teams and Voca Contact Centre at the Chartered Institute of Housing with Richard Sewell, IT Manager
- Working from Sea: Virgin Voyages Transforms Remote Work with Nirmal Saverimuttu, CEO, at Virgin Voyages, and Michael Levy, CEO, at Numonix
- What Cisco Rooms bring to Microsoft Teams Rooms with Tom Richards, Senior Director, Strategy and Planning at Cisco
- Telcos Moving Into AI With Microsoft Teams and Copilot With Rick Garcia
- Microsoft Teams and AI Powered Workplace, Perspective From Ignite 2025 with Ilya Bukshteyn and Irena Andonova
Interviews from Microsoft Ignite
- Landis- AI in the Contact Center and the new Unify model for teams with Preston Martin from Landis Technologies
- AudioCodes - The Power of the AudioCodes portfolio or Teams of solutions with Benny Matityahu and Roy Wizeman at AudioCodes
- Cisco - The latest on the Cisco Microsoft Teams Rooms portfolio and Express Rooms with Patrick Eustace at Cisco
- Crestron - The latest on Teams and 1 Beyond with Cara Shannon at Crestron Electronics
- Neat - Catching up with Graham Walsh at Neat on the new MDEP Board, Android 13, and Insights from Microsoft Ignite
- Logitech- Chatting with Alex Mooney and Craig Ishii at Logitech for Business at Microsoft Ignite
- MDEP Team - The latest MDEP news from Chris L. Johnson, Senior Director of Product Management – Android Product & Engineering – MDEP + Devices
MC1193290 - Anthropic models enabled by default in Microsoft 365 Copilot
MC1192003 - GPT-5.2 in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot Business SKU
M365 Copilot Roadmap
- MC1189001 (Dec) - Voice chat in Microsoft 365 Copilot
- MC1189914 (Nov) - Schedule meetings directly in Copilot Chat
- MC1192258 (Jan) - RSVP to meetings directly in Copilot chat
- MC1191915 (Jan) - Copilot Dashboard - Broader access to M365 Copilot Chat insights
- MC1189004 (Jan) - Custom AI summary now available in Meeting Recap
MC1148537 - Project Online Retirement
Immersive events in Microsoft Teams: Now generally available
MC1197146 - Express voice enrollment in Microsoft Teams
Compliance Recording Support for Call Queues
Microsoft Teams Roadmap
- MC1189656 (Jan) - Upcoming Change to Teams Desktop Client on Windows
- MC1191341 (Jan) - Network Device Infrastructure (NDI) bandwidth increase
- MC1192251 (Jan) - Autocorrect in Microsoft Teams compose text box
- MC1191612 (Feb) - Interpreter agent in Teams calls
- MC1191921 (Feb) - New voice and face enrollment dashboard and data deletion controls in Teams Admin Center
Copilot AI Insights (meeting recap) API is GA
Graph API for accessing recordings and transcriptions of ad hoc calls GA
MDEP & Android Updates
- https://static.lens.poly.com/HP%20Poly%20Android%20Device%20Lifecycle%20Strategy%20December%202025.pdf
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/devices/teams-panels-certified-hardware?tabs=certified-panels
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/devices/certified-hardware-android?tabs=Android
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/devices/teams-phones-certified-hardware?tabs=certified-phones
Chapters
- 0:00 Intro and AudioCodes
- 1:34 Recent briefings, podcasts and Ignite interviews
- 1:47 Anthropic models on by default in Microsoft 365 Copilot
- 4:00 GPT-5.2 and the new model selector
- 4:19 Microsoft 365 Copilot Business SKU
- 5:42 Copilot roadmap: voice chat, meetings and custom recap summaries
- 5:54 Agentic AI Foundation
- 7:01 Planner changes and Project Online retirement
- 7:22 Immersive events GA and express voice enrolment
- 8:55 Compliance recording for call queues
- 9:26 Teams roadmap and meeting recap and recording APIs
- 12:21 Devices: Android 13, MDEP, Jabra panel and Yealink smart dock
- 12:34 Events and close
Key insights
- Anthropic models will be enabled by default in Microsoft 365 Copilot, with Anthropic added as a data subprocessor under your Microsoft 365 agreement.
- Tenants that do not want this have until 7 January to toggle the setting off; EU and UK tenants are default off and must opt in.
- GPT-5.2 is already in Microsoft 365 Copilot, and the selector now offers auto, instant or thinking rather than raw model names.
- The new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business SKU is $21 per user per month list, $9 cheaper, and attaches to Business or Business Premium licences.
- Express voice enrolment arrives in February, prompting users to enrol using speech already captured in a meeting; it is on by default but can be disabled.
- Several Planner features retire in early 2026, alongside the previously announced Project Online retirement.
- Compliance recording for call queues is now supported, provided your certified recording vendor has done the work.
- APIs for Teams recordings, transcriptions and meeting recaps are generally available, enabling third-party summaries and line-of-business integrations.
Insights summarised by AI from the episode transcript, reviewed by the Empowering.Cloud team.
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